Fastening means for mounting replaceable ornaments on spectacles



Jan. 13, 1959 M. ROSEN ETAL FASTENING MEANS FOR MOUNTING REPLACEABLEORNAMENTS ON SPECTACLES Filed April .11; 1955 I 53 @ME 1 AC 65 3 6INVENTORS. 5 I 0 I J5 ATTOQNEK FASTENING MEANS FOR MOUNTING REPLACE-ABLE ORNAMENTS ON SPECTACLES Mac Rosen, Van Nuys, an'd Harold A. MeyersLos Angeles, Calif.

Application April 11, 1955, Serial No. 500,616 3 Claims. (CI. 88-41)This invention relates to improvements in means for mounting ornamentaltrim on spectacles.

It is an object of this invention to provide mounting means such asdescribed, which is constructed and arranged in a novel manner wherebythe wearers of. spectacles readily and easily may replace ornamentaltrims of .jselected styles or colors without the aid of persons skilledin the ophthalmic art or necessitating the use, of special tools.

It is another object of this invention to provide mounting means of thischaracter, which is constructed and arranged sothat the him will besecurely held inplace, subject however to ready and easy removal andreplacement with the fingers ofone hand.

It is another object of this invention to provide mounting means of thecharacter described, which is of minuscule proportions and installed onspectacles in such a manner that with or without the trim, it will bemost inconspicuous and therefore will not detract from the appearance'of the trim or spectacles.

It is another object hereof to provide mounting means such as described,in which a small part thereof although disposed in an inconspicuousposition readily may be engaged and pushed in a manner facilitating theattachment of the trim from the spectacle.

It is a further object of this invention to provide mounting means suchas described, which includes a novel socket member constructed so" thatit may be fixed securely to spectacles in a position in which it issubstantially concealed and will greatly facilitate the attachment andremoval of the trim.

This invention possesses many other advantages and has other objectswhich may be made more easily apparent from a consideration of oneembodiment of the invention. For this purpose there is shown one form inthe drawings accompanying and forming part of the present specification.This form will now be described in detail, illustrating. the generalprinciples of the invention; but it is to be understood that thisdetailed description is not to be taken in a limiting sense, since thescope of the invention is best defined by the appended claims.

Referring to the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of spectacles embodying the presentinvention;

Fig. 2 is an exploded fragmentary top plan view, on a greatly enlargedscale, showing the manner of assembling the mounting means on thespectacles and indicating the manner in which the trim is applied;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1 on the samescale as Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a sectional view on an enlarged scale, taken on the line 4-4of Fig. 3; and

Fig. 5 is a cross sectional view taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4. e

In accordance with this invention cooperable fastening elements areprovided on spectacles 1 and the ornamental trim 2 respectively, wherebythe latter may be detachably mounted on the spectacles.

United States Patent As here shown, the cooperable fastening elementsarranged to mount the trim 2 on the frames for the lenses 4 of thespectacles. However, it is obvious that such elements may be arranged tomount the trim 2 on the temples 3a'of'the spectacles instead of on theframes,

or to mount the trim on both the temples and the frames, as the samefastening means are used in both cases.

The fastening elements mounted on the spectacles comprise tubular socketmembers 5 snugly mounted in openings 6 extending transversely throughthe frames 3. Each of the socket members 5 has an annular screw-typehead 7 on one end adapted to seat in a counterbore 6a of the opening 6so as to lie flush with the outer face of'the associated frame 3. Thisassures that the trim will lie close against the frames 3. The other endof each socket member is externally screw threaded as at 8 for receptionof a nut 9 which bears against the inner face of the associated frame 3to securely hold the socke member in place.

Itwill be noted with reference to Fig. 1 that the socket members 5 areexceptionally small, especially as to diameter. Thus, the annular heads7 and the nuts 9 are equally small so that as awhole the socket membersonly the heads Tandthe nuts 9, which are most inconspicuous, are visibleat front and rear ofkthe spectacle frames.

The fastening elements on the trim 2 consist of projections or pins 10having heads 11 countersunk in the trim and soldered or otherwise fixedthereto. These pins are adapted to be mounted in the sockets 5 todetachably fasten the trim to the spectacle frames. A

As a means for assisting in the operation of attaching the trim 2,locating pins 12 are provided on the trim 2 for insertion into smallopenings 14 in the frames 3. The pins 12, also act to restrain rotativemovement of the trim about the pins 10.

The socket members 5 are constructed and arranged to frictionally gripthe pins 10 so as to hold the trim 2 against accidental dislodgement andat the same time permit of ready and easy removal and replacement of thetrim when it is desired to substitute trim of a particular style orcolor.

Thus, each socket member 5 is provided between its endsWith'longitudinal slots 15 angularly spaced about the axis of the socketmember. The slotted portion of each member 5 is constrictedcircumferentially whereby the bore therethrough is'likewise constrictedand there are formed a plurality of somewhat resilient gripping portions17. These gripping portions on the sockets 5' assure that the pins 10will be securely held in the sockets subject however to withdrawalreadily when desired.

It should be noted by comparing the length of the socket member 5, shownin Fig. 2, with socket member in Fig. 3, that the socket members areoriginally longer than required to thread the nuts 9 thereon as thisfacilitates the application of the small nuts to the socket members.After the nuts are tightened on the socket members the threaded endportions projecting outwardly from the nuts are filed ofi, as will beapparent with reference to Figs. 3 and 4, thereby making these endssubstantially flush with the nuts.

It should also be noted that each pin 10 is of such length that, asshown in Figs. 3 and 4, it will project somewhat outwardly from thesocket member 5 and nut 9, whereby it may be pushed inwardly tofacilitate detachment of the trim from the spectacles.

We claim:

1. In fastening means for detachably mounting ornamental trim onspectacles, wherein said trim is provided with a mounting projection andsaid spectacles are provided with an opening in a part thereof: a socketmem- 3 ber insertable into said opening; said socket member having abore for reception of said projection; and a head on one end of saidsocket member engageable with a surface of said spectacles adjacent oneend of said opening; the other end of said socket member having externalscrew threads for cooperation with a nut for engaging {mental trim onspectacles, wherein said trim is provided with a mounting projection andsaid spectacles are provided with an opening in a part thereof: a socketmember insertable into said opening; said socket member being of uniformcross section except at a point approximately centrally of its ends;said socket member having a bore open at both ends thereof for receptionof said projection;

vsaid socket member having longitudinal slots spaced angularly about theaxis thereof; said slots defining therebetween elongated resilientportions; each of said resilient portions being radially inwardly offsetsubstantially throughout the lengththereof; and means at opposite endsof said socket member for securing said socket member in place.

3. In fastening means for detachably mounting ornamental trim onspectacles, wherein said trim is provided with a mounting projection andsaid spectacles are provided With an opening in a part thereof: a socketmember insertable into said opening; said socket member having a throughbore for reception of said projection; means axially spaced on saidsocket member operable to clamp against surfaces of said spectaclesadjacent opposite ends of said opening to removably secure said socketmember in said opening; and elongated resilient portions intermediatethe ends of said socket member each of said resilient portions beingjoined at its ends to said socket member and inwardly offset therefromsubstantially throughout its length as well as inclined in oppositedirection from said ends; those portions of said socket member disposedbetween said axially spaced means and said ends of said elongatedresilient portions being of substantially uniform diameter.

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